Really interesting TEDTalk revolving around food waste which is the bulk of our final project.
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Desalination Research
(Megan) What would make the most sense to transport water over long distances if necessary? Pipelines? Trucks? What would it cost? (http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/economic/chapter7.pdf ) Water can be distributed through 1) a pipeline, 2) mobile units such as tanker trucks and other forms of mobile vending i.e. animal drawn carts and 3) containers that people in […]
Structured Controversy
Be it resolved that all garbage and waste is recycled or burnt and used for energy. United Nations ( Kazoka, L. “UNEP Underscores Need for Garbage Recycling.” Africa News Service, 25 Jan. 2017. World History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A478773521/WHIC?u=ucalgary&xid=74bbc1ab. Accessed 30 Oct. 2017. Retrieved October 29 ) http://ic.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/ic/whic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=&displayGroupName=News&docIndex=&source=&prodId=&mode=view&limiter=&display-query=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&windowstate=normal&currPage=&dviSelectedPage=&scanId=&query=&search_within_results=&p=WHIC&catId=&u=ucalgary&displayGroups=&documentId=GALE%7CA478773521&activityType=BasicSearch&failOverType=&commentary= Although it’s a small article, it explains […]
The Most Important Dimension Project
Government is the most important dimension to solving our global challenge because governments have the resources and widespread influence to promote and enforce actions towards a solution, while also being held accountable. Governments have the ability to keep processes consistent and organized and distribute tasks properly to different ministries and organizations where they can be […]
Maasai Group Project
Intro to Topic: We are looking at the the potential issue of restricting food intake during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy Food Restriction in 3rd trimester Smaller Babies Cognitive impairment Effect of future growth patterns Here are some quotes from Maasai women regarding their food intake: “If I eat meat it will make the baby […]